Quilling-machine.



PATENT-ED OCT. a1, 1905.

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QUILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'ILED MAY 19, 1905.

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ATTORNEYS PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905. G. ADSIT. QUILLING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

GEORGE ADSIT, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BENJAMIN EASTWOOD COMPANY,- OF PATERSON. NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY/ QUlLLlNG-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ADSIT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Quilling-Machines; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,

' which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that general class of quilling or cop-winding machines in which the winding of the cop is effected by rotating the same relatively to the thread-guide, while the attenuating or building up of the cop is effected by advancing the thread-guide relatively to the cop.

The invention consists in certain improve- 'ments in machines of this or substantially this nature, hereinafter pointed out, and involving principally the means whereby the threadguide is caused to gradually advance with reference to the spindle on which the cop is disposed, so as to effect the attenuation or building up of the cop.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of enough of my improved quilling machine to illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the lineww in Fig. 1 and looking toward the right in said figure. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, enlarged, taken between any two winding units in Fig. 1 and looking toward the right. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken longitudinally of the machine on line fl/fl/ and looking in the direction of the arrowin Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing certain parts in a difierent position from that in which they appear in Figs. 2 and 3, and Fig. 6 illustrates a certain bracket.

In the ends of the frame a are journaled two horizontal shafts Z) 0, carrying pulleys cl, over which extends an endless belt 6. The power to drive shaft 6, and consequently belt a, may be taken into the machine through a belt f, extending around another pulley (not shown) on shaft 6. In rails g, extending longitudinally of the machine, are arranged two sets of bolsters it, in which are journaled shafts t', each carrying a whirl a" at one end and at the other end one member 'of a clutch. The bolsters sustain the two sets of shafts in two diflierent planes, the whirls of one set of shafts bearing against the top side of the upper stretch of belt 6 and the whirls of the other set bearing against the under side of said stretch of the belt. Furthermore, the two sets of shafts project in opposite directions.

denotes the spindles. These are journaled in rails Z, which form a part of the frame of the machine and carry clutch members m, normally engaging with clutch membersy'. Adjacent each spindle there is mounted in the rail Z a tubular holder a, carrying a springcontrolled push-rod 0, which in turn carries a forkp, receiving the spindle 7c and extending between two collars g on said spindle. The holder has an angular slot 0' in its cylindrical wall, out of which protrudes a pin s, carried by the push-rod. The spring controlling the push-rod normally tends to move the same outwardly, but the pin 8 is engaged in the turned-off portion of the slot 0'', and so holds the push-rod against the action of its spring. WVhen the push-rod is turned in the holder so as to disengage the pin 8 from the turnedoff portion of the slot 7'' of the holder, the push-rod springs forward and draws the spindle 7a with it, separating the clutch members 1' and m, and thereby stopping the rotation of the spindle.

A more precise explanation of what has so far been described will be found in my Letters Patent No. 757,081.

To each rail g is secured a series of brackets t. In each bracket and rail Z is arranged to slide a thread guide u. n denotes two guide-rods, which are sustained at one end in said bracket below the thread-guide u and at the other end are secured to a plate w, attached to the rail Z. On these guide-rods slides a traveler m, which forms a moving fulcrum for a bell-crank lever 1 which is connected at one end with the thread-guide by a link The lever 1 is vibrated, so as to reciprocate the thread-guide, from a pitman 1, which pivotally connects it with a crank 2 on a rock-shaft 3. Said rock-shaft, through the means just referred to, reciprocates all the thread-guides it simultaneously, it being connected with a crank-pin 4 on a wheel 5 on shaft 6 by a pitman 7, in turn connected with a crank 8 on the rock-shaft. Shaft 6 is connected by bevelgearing 9 with shaft Z).

10 is a threaded rod which has its threaded portion projecting through a hole 11 in the bracket 25 and engaging a knife-edge 12, secured to said bracket. This rod projects through a hole 13 in the rail Z and is at this point journaled in the angle portion of bellcrank lever or sling 14:, which is pivoted at one end on a screw 15 and has its free end extending close to the spindle. The free end of said lever or sling is normally pulled upwardly by a spring 16, connected at one end with a stud 16 on said lever and at the other end with rail Z. The threaded shaft 10 has a lateral vibratory movement imparted to it by the cooperation of spring 16 and a pin 17, mounted in a collar 18, lixed on a shaft 19, said spring acting to maintain a stud 19 on lever 1 in contact with pin 17. The action of the several springs 16 is to pull the shaft 19 to the left, as seen in Fig. 4, as will be obvious, and thus maintain contact between an antifriction-roller 20, carried by an arm 21 on shaft 19, and a cam 22, arranged on a shaft 23, which is journaled in frame a and is rotated from shaft 6 by gearing 24. This mechanism causes all the threaded rods 10 to vibrate laterally, and since each rod carries the usual friction-Wheel 25, adapted to impinge itself against the adjoining rotating cop, each is intermittently turned in its bearings, its threading and the knife-edge 12 causing it to advance longitudinally. The traveler a: has a fork 26, which receives the threaded rod 10 and extends between two collars 27 thereon. Thus intermittent advance of each threaded rod 10 is imparted to the traveler no and by consequence to the thread-guide a.

27' is a cone carried by the threaded rod 1() and adapted when the latter has advanced sufliciently to engage pin .9, and thereby turn the push-rod enough so that the pin will be disengaged from the turned-off portion of slot 9' and snap forward, drawing the spindle Zr with it and breaking the latters connection with its driving means substantially as described in my above-mentioned Letters Patent.

28 is another cone that is carried by the spindle Z2. hen the spindle is thrown forward by the push-rod in the manner just stated, this cone engages the free end of the lever or sling l4 and turns the latter on its pivot 15 against the tension of spring 16 and there holds it, so that the subsequent reciprocations of shaft 19 do not result in the friction wheel 25 being any longer brought against the cop or quill.

I-Ieretofore the threaded rod 10 and the thread-guide vibrated together as practically one structure, the friction wheel on the threaded rod deriving its contact with the quill by virtue of this movement. Practically it is not necessary to cause the threaded rod to have so long a range of movement as the thread-guide, and therefore in the present instance the vibration of the thread-guide to lay the thread and the vibration of the threaded rod to bring its friction-wheel against the quill are made to be independent of each other. Since, therefore, the action of the threadguide in my arrangement is not hampered by the threaded rod, it is possible to drive the thread -guide at a much higher speed than heretofore. Based on this distinction I wish to claim this part of my invention broadly to wit, as com 'n'ehending any thread-guiding means comprising a vibratory thread-guide and a rotary part, as between which and the spindle on which the quill is wound there is a vibratory movement independent of that of the thread-guide, the one with reference to the other, which results in the advancement of the thread-guide while vibrating.

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In aquilliugor other similarmachine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotaryspindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel with the spindle, and means for advancing the threadguide, while vibrating, parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part and means for effecting a vibratory movement as between said rotary part and the spindle, the one to and from the other, substantially as described.

2. In a quilling or other similar machine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel with the spindle, a rotary threaded thread-guide-advancing part, another part engaging said thread-guide-advancing part in the threading thereof, means for connecting the threadguide and the thread-guide-advancing part whereby to transmit the advance of the latter to the former, and means for effecting a vibratory movement as between the spindle and the thread-guide-advancing part, the one to and from the other, substantially as described.

3. In a quilling or other similar machine, the combination with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel withthe spindle, a rotary threaded thread-guide-advancing part, another part engaging said tlnead-guide-advancing part in the threading thereof, a traveler, operative] y connected with said thread-guide-advancing part to move therewith, a lever fulcrumed in said traveler, operative connecting means between the lever an d the thread-guide, means for vibrating said lever and, thereby, said thread-guide, means for guiding the traveler, and means for efiecting avibratory movement as between the spindle and the thread-guide-advancing part, the one to and from the other, substantially as described.

4. Inaquilling or other similar machine, the combination with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel with the spindle, and means for advancing the threadguide, while vibrating, parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part and means for vibrating said rotary part to and from the spindle, substantially as described.

5. Inaquillingor othersimilar machine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide, means for effecting a vibratory movement as between said spindle and the thread-guide, the one with reference to the other, and means for advancing the thread-guide parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part, a lever or sling pivoted in the frame and forming a bearing for said rotary part and means for vibrating said lever or sling transversely of the spindle, substantially as described.

6. In a quilling or other machine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide, means for effecting a vibratory movement as between said spindle and the thread-guide, the one with reference to the other, and means for advancing the threadguide parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part, a lever orsling pivoted in the frame and forming a bearing for said rotary part, a spring normally pulling said lever in one direction, and a vibratory structure engageable with said lever to move it in the other direction, substantially as described.

7. Inaquillingorothersimilarmachine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel with the spindle, and means for advancing the threadguide, while vibrating, parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part and means for effecting a vibratory movement as between said rotary part and the spindle, the one with reference to the other, and independent of the vibratory movement of the thread-guide, substantially as described.

8. In aquilling orother similar machine, the combination, with the frame, of a rotary spindle, a thread-guide vibratory parallel with the spindle, and means for advancing the threadguide, while vibrating, parallel with the spindle comprising a rotary part and means for effecting a vibratory movement of said rotary part, to and from the spindle, independent of the vibratory movement of the thread-guide, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of April, 1905.

GEORGE ADSIT.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, WM. D. BELL. 

